Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Price, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869

William Price registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Mexico, registered in Gonzales County, Texas
Mexico
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

William Price

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Price
Place of birth
Mexico
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Gonzales County
16 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Price in Gonzales County

Prices elsewhere in Texas

All 77 freedmen named Price in Texas

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 44 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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